Nutrition | Starving Dietitian

Nutrition ABC’s

August 4, 2014 by joshua iufer

Since I’ve been focusing heavily on healthcare recently, I thought I’d take a moment to give some quality basic nutrition advice. See one of the beautiful things about nutrition, is that humans have already survived for thousands of years. Now, many take this to justify overly simplified atkins and paleo diets. True anthropological data shows that most paleo humans ate a wide variety of nuts, fruits, animals, and gasp! grains too. Oh well, not everyone can be justified in their extremist beliefs. […]

Categories: NUTRITION • Tags: ABC, Diet, Easy, Health, Nutrition

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At What Cost

July 28, 2014 by joshua iufer

I love working in the hospital, don’t get me wrong. But the state of healthcare is a shadow of what it could be. Every day I wake up and think how the world around me is changing. Fitness trackers, calorie trackers, solar cars, GPS for bikes, I’m not even touching on the top 5 innovations for 2014 and it’s already incredible. Healthcare sadly can’t be spoken in the same paragraph! I’ve read of FitBit’s used as movement monitors to reduce pressure […]

Categories: DIETETICS • Tags: HEALTHCARE, Hospital, Medicine, Nutrition

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Broad Horizons

July 25, 2014 by joshua iufer

It’s amazing how quickly the field of nutrition is advancing. Just a few weeks ago the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics successfully passed a U.S. bill allowing Registered Dietitians to… hold your breath… approve diet orders! I know, I know, what’s the big deal right? Well, in the nutrition world, THIS IS HUGE! See for years RD’s have been trying to “take out the middle man” so to speak and give the clinical nutrition experts the right to change a […]

Categories: DIETETICS • Tags: CMS, Medicine, Nutrition, RD

Newer Than New

April 24, 2014 by joshua iufer

Ahh a clean slate, a blank page, an open frame of mind. Sometimes change is just what you need to spice things up a little. This redesign has been in the process for quite a while, but it took time and planning to figure out how it could all click together. Let’s take a minute to get situated. Top Left you’ll find much of what you’re used to, About Me, All Posts, and that dashing Logo heading it up. Top Right on […]

Categories: TECHNOLOGY • Tags: Design, Gridspace, Health, Nutrition

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50 Cents a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

April 15, 2014 by joshua iufer

It’s been a while since our last lesson, ready for part 3? The more I think about this topic, the more I realize how applicable this type of “financial thinking” is to nutrition. This week, let’s take a look at the more substantial side of the analogy. If you remember back to the post Hyper Tense, you might recall a little statistic I spat out regarding the cost of buying healthful foods. Think back, it wasn’t that long ago. If that’s […]

Categories: NUTRITION • Tags: Cost, Fast Food, Finance, Health Food, HEALTHCARE, Healthy, Nutrition

Hyper Tense

January 24, 2014 by joshua iufer

You miss me? I’ve certainly missed writing. But no time for catch-up. Let’s talk serious. Why care? Why care at all about nutrition, about feeding your body, or keeping fit? Apathy is cheaper, and easier, and a whole lot less challenging than eating right. The question we need to ask is… What are the consequences of not caring? With everything there’s pros and cons, even something like saving for retirement. There’s pros that follow that decision and cons. Nothing you decide […]

Categories: NUTRITION • Tags: Blood Pressure, Hypertension, Nutrition, RD, Salt

Brave Nutrient World

September 24, 2013 by joshua iufer

Admit it or not, our lives are increasingly run by algorithms. Little mathematical computer programs choose what we see, how we see it, and when we see it. I took a short course in Anthropology in college, lot’s of assumptions, ample amounts of political correctness. What stayed with me however, was this concept of ethnocentrism. Put simply, it states that you and I, are in no place to judge those from different backgrounds. We were raised with different biases, effectively […]

Categories: TECHNOLOGY • Tags: Algorithm, Ethercentric, Filter, Health, Internet, Nutrition, Paleo

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True Trends Don’t Lie

September 13, 2013 by joshua iufer

One of my favorite past-times as a nutrition professional is to head over to google trends and take a peek at where the world is headed. Below are a few of the key words I’ve touched on throughout my writing so far, see if you can spot some of the trends, some should make you laugh, others will make you cry. Good news for Dietitians, we’re on the up and up as far as worldwide recognition goes. It hasn’t been […]

Categories: TECHNOLOGY • Tags: Diet, Google, Health, New Years, Nutrition, Trends

Einsteins Pudding Experiment

September 10, 2013 by joshua iufer

We all know you’re supposed to exercise and eat a balanced diet, but if you only had the willpower to do one, what would be better for your body? I friend of mine posed this question recently, and I’m not afraid to admit I didn’t really know the answer. That’s not a bad thing, actually quite the opposite. The moments you feel lost, are the moments you know you’re about to learn something. So I turned to the greatest minds […]

Categories: NUTRITION • Tags: Exercise, Food, Health, Nutrition, Wellness

Infant Microbe Management

September 4, 2013 by joshua iufer

If there’s more of them then there are of me, am I even “me“? I don’t expect it to be a phrase that’s easy to answer. I don’t even want it to come to a definitive answer. Really, I just want you to see how much we owe to our own microbiota. First, we’ll start with a little background. There’s only one place in your life that’s entirely free from bacteria. Where you’re protected, walled-off, barricaded from the harms of microorganisms. Care […]

Categories: NUTRITION • Tags: Bacteria, Breastfeeding, Flora, Gut, Infant, Milk, Nutrition

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The Future Dietitian

August 23, 2013 by joshua iufer

Ask any Dietitian and they will matter-of-factly tell you that the profession is in an awkward transition. Until a decade ago, most dietitians were thought of as “food service people”. E.g. they didn’t so much see and diagnose patients as they helped get them the right meal, with the right consistency, at the right time. Granted, that component of Dietetics is very much alive and well, despite the hopes of many a new Dietitian. I think there’s a huge disconnect […]

Categories: DIETETICS • Tags: Dietitians, Forecast, Future, HEALTHCARE, Medical, Medicare, Nutrition, RD

BPA, King Killer?

August 15, 2013 by joshua iufer

Raise your hand if you haven’t heard someone rant about BPA. There’s probably 1-2 of you, if even. And why not? With rising rates of obesity and fertility issues in America, plastics seem to me to be one of the central focuses for consumer health groups. Words like perfluorinated compounds, xenoestrogens, and Bisphenol-A have pretty much become household names. Somehow in that tangle, BPA became the king to demonize. For those that don’t know , BPA is an estrogen-like compound […]

Categories: NUTRITION • Tags: BPA, Endocrine Disruptor, Fertility, Health, Nutrition, Plastics